Hydrofarm
by kestalkayden
Hydrofarm adds water-based farm automation to Fabric and NeoForge, built around tanks, pipes, sprinklers and planter beds.
What it does
Liquid Tanks store water, lava, milk and Liquid XP in a visible, glowing fluid level, and adjacent tanks merge into one shared pool. A Liquid Siphon extracts fluid from vanilla water slowly across an area, although drained source blocks do not regenerate. Cauldrons connect to pipes, fluid sources and sinks.
Sprinklers hydrate crops across a 9×9 area when fed by pipes or tanks, adding 2.5 crop growth through auto-hydration. Hydroponics Beds hold four planter quadrants each and collect harvests automatically along with Liquid XP. Tree Farm Beds work the same way for saplings, producing logs without chopping. Adjacent beds form a cluster that shares water, items and XP, managed from one screen with cluster-wide rates.
Hydrofarm is published for Fabric and NeoForge from one codebase, for Minecraft 26.1.x. Both sides need it, and Fabric API is required on Fabric. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public.
Key features
Liquid storage
Stackable tanks hold water, lava, milk and Liquid XP, and adjacent tanks share one pool of fluid.
Area extraction
A Liquid Siphon draws vanilla water from a region slowly, though drained sources stay empty.
Sprinkler hydration
Sprinklers give 2.5 crop growth and auto-hydrate crops across a 9×9 area from pipes and tanks.
Planter and tree beds
Hydroponics Beds grow crops in four quadrants, and Tree Farm Beds produce logs from saplings without chopping.
Shared bed clusters
Adjacent beds share water, items and XP, and a single screen sets rates for the whole cluster.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want farm automation built around water, and server owners who run a tech-focused world with multiple players.
How it compares
Fire Sprinkler is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and is open source under the MIT License for 26.1.2 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge. Agritech (AT2) requires both client and server, is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.21.1 – 26.3 on the same two loaders. Power Farm is Fabric only for 26.2, with the client or server optional, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrofarm | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-22 |
| Fire Sprinkler | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Agritech (AT2) | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-22 |
| Power Farm | Fabric | 26.2 | Client or server, optional | 2026-08-20 |
Questions
Does Hydrofarm need Fabric API?
Must the server run Hydrofarm?
Which game versions does Hydrofarm support?
In the catalog
Hydrofarm is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Hydrofarm is a compact farming-tech mod: move water, grow crops and trees, keep animals, and turn the results into items, XP, and energy. Every machine earns its slot — no sprawling tech tree, no mandatory progression grind. Available for Fabric and NeoForge, Minecraft 26.1.x.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hydrofarm
- Owner
- kestalkayden
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15